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'''Space Launch Complex 10''', or '''Missile Launch Complex 10'''{{factCitation needed|date=December 2011}}, is located on [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]] in [[Lompoc, California]]. It was built in 1958 to test ballistic missiles and developed into a space launching facility in 1963<ref name="dod">[https://www.denix.osd.mil/portal/page/portal/denix/environment/CR/NRHPNHL/NHLMap/California DOD NHL details for California]</ref>. Prior to 1966 Space Launch Complex 10 West was known as Vandenberg AFB Pad 75-2-6.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/thorh6.html |title=Thor Burner - Sixth in a Series Reviewing Thor Family History
|author=Ed Kyle |date=7/3/2009}}</ref> It remains a rare pristine look at the electronics and facilities created in that era which helped the [[United States]] grow their space capabilities.
 
The last launch from this complex was a Thor booster in 1980<ref name="nhlwriteup">[http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/86003511.nl.pdf NHL writeup]{{NRIS dead link|date=January 2012}}</ref>
 
It was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1986.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv2">{{Cite document|title={{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/86003511.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Space Launch Complex 10 / Missile Launch Complex 10]|540&nbsp;KB}}|date=January 3, 1986 |author=Captain Mark C. Mondl |publisher=National Park Service|postscript=<!--None-->}} and {{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/86003511.pdf ''Accompanying 5 photos, exterior and interior, undated.'']|601&nbsp;KB}}</ref>